Friday, 28 February 2014

Miragemengate

Subjects
I’ve always tried to avoid on HPANWO are those David Icke categorizes as “little
gaming”, the almost continuous and endemic falling-outs, hostility and internecine
suspicion that infects the conspiratorial/UFO community, however there are
occasions when words need to be said and this is one of them. My character has
been impugned and the record needs to be set straight. Believe it or not, it’s
all to do with a single YouTube link. A few days ago the film Mirage Men by John Lundberg and Mark
Pilkington appeared on YouTube; I watched it and wrote a review of it, see: http://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/mirage-men-film.html,
naturally I included the YouTube page where I’d watched it. Soon afterwards the
video of the film was removed for reasons of copyright violation. I suspected
from the start that this might happen and that the vid was an unauthorized
upload, but I proceeded on the assumption that it wasn’t. It’s not possible to
check the copyright status of every video I watch. As it happens, as you see,
it was indeed unauthorized and YouTube have correctly removed it. The producers
clearly do not want the film to be available on YouTube yet. Naturally I
respected their wishes and haven’t posted any replacement links; I haven’t even
looked to see if any exist. I thought that was the end of the matter, however,
in one Facebook group, I was immediately lambasted for video piracy. This is insulting
and ridiculous; all I did was post a single link to one measly YouTube video
that turned out to be dodgy. It wasn’t a link to a page on “bootleg-films-r-us.com”
or somewhere similar, and of course I’d never upload the film myself.

The
person who initiated this attack against me is a lady known online as “Xpose
UFOTruth”; here’s her website: http://xposeufotruth.com/.
She is currently investigating the erstwhile UFOlogist Darren Perks whom she
believes is engaged in fraudulent and deceptive activity. Fans of Planet X Live
will know that he used to be a fellow host on the station with me; in a nutshell
this is what triggered her animosity towards myself. I have refused to assist
her in her operation because I feel I have been badly misrepresented in this
situation. I did originally agree to assist her and I wish I hadn’t. She may
well have a legitimate gripe about Perks, but her campaign has been very shrill
and self-righteous. As the line from the film Ben-Hur goes: “You’re either with me, or against me!” As is often
the case, if somebody resents you for one reason they tend to be far harsher
with you for other reasons, even if they’re entirely unrelated. Nevertheless I
enjoyed being part of that Facebook group we were both in and wanted to continue
interacting with other members on different subjects; so I just avoided
discussing Darren Perks there. I even tried to extricate myself from the
conversation when she launched her assault against me for the YouTube link. However
she has since made references to an offence she alleges Darren Perks has
committed, that he deliberately broadcast and published information on how to
obtain illicit copies of Dr Steven Greer’s Sirius
movie. “Xpose UFOTruth” has compared my actions to Perks’ directly. This cannot
go unanswered, and it shall not. The comparison is grossly unfair and
defamatory. I have quit that Facebook group and blocked “Xpose UFOTruth”,
something I should have done at the beginning of this debacle. I hope this
statement makes it clear: I have never attempted to breach the copyright of the
Mirage Men producers. I mistakenly posted
one YouTube link. I apologize for that and I will not post any more now I know
that it is unauthorized to do so. My mistake was reasonable, after all YouTube
is a public video sharing site with internal protocols preventing copyright
theft. I appeal to HPANWO-readers, if you come across any declarations by “Xpose
UFOTruth”, or anybody else, accusing me of being a “copyright criminal!”, “video
pirate!” or anything else along those lines, could you please let me know.

By
the time you read this article there may well be a tirade in the comments box
by “Xpose UFOTruth” disputing everything I’ve said above. I won’t delete that
comment; I don’t practice censorship on HPANWO and I allow readers to make up
their own minds. However I will not be reading her comment myself because if I
do that I might be tempted to post a counter-rebuttal; then she and I will be
trapped in an infinite loop of ego-driven tit-for-tat personal argument, a distressing
and time-wasting situation that is already far too everyday in the
conspiratorial/UFO community.You will also hear that am guilty because I was shown evidence against Darren Perks and ignored it; actually this alleged "evidence" was a package hurled contemptuously into my face with a wrapping paper of rhetoric, threats, insults and moral blackmail. There is only one response I ever give to such treatment: I returned it to sender with a note enclosed containing a raised middle finger and a strident "fuck you!" I shall reply by saying only this to “Xpose
UFOTruth”, a completion of the quote from the script of Ben-Hur: “If that is my choice… then I am against you!”

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